Worst Celebrity Custody Battles

Anne Heche and Coley Laffoon

Actress Anne Heche isn't known for being the most normal person, but things got even more bizarre during her custody battle with Coley Laffoon. The two split after rumors that Heche was having an affair with her co-star and the fighting gloves came off. Laffoon accused Heche of being “bizarre and delusional." Heche described Laffoon as a lazy gambler. She claimed he was addicted to strip clubs and online porn. A judge finally awarded joint custody of their baby, Homer, in 2007. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

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Paul McCartney a...Paul McCartney and Heather Mills' messy divorce was classic tabloid fodder. She was accused of being a call girl before marrying the singer, he of being abusive. In the end a judge determined that Mills and McCartney would have joint custody of their daughter Beatrice. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz)

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Christie Brinkle...Former supermodel Christie Brinkley and architect Peter Cook’s very public divorce in 2006 was just the beginning of an epic and embarrassing custody battle. After Cook was caught having an affair with his very young assistant and downloading hundreds of thousands of dollars in Internet porn, Brinkley took him to court over custody of their two young children. Alexa Ray Joel, Brinkley’s daughter from her marriage to singer Billy Joel, testified that Cook was abusive and sometimes violent. Cook denied her accusations, but settled quietly with Brinkley within a week of the trial start. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)

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Anne Heche and C...Actress Anne Heche isn't known for being the most normal person, but things got even more bizarre during her custody battle with Coley Laffoon. The two split after rumors that Heche was having an affair with her co-star and the fighting gloves came off. Laffoon accused Heche of being “bizarre and delusional." Heche described Laffoon as a lazy gambler. She claimed he was addicted to strip clubs and online porn. A judge finally awarded joint custody of their baby, Homer, in 2007. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)

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David Hasselhoff...It is pretty obvious that both David Hasselhoff and ex-wife Pamela Bach has battled alcohol abuse in the past. But they also battled each other in court for custody of their daughters Taylor and Hayley. Hasselhoff was officially awarded primary physical and legal custody of the kids in June 2007, but six months later the ex-couple reached a settlement to have joint custody of the girls. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

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Britney Spears a...After Spears and Federline divorced, Spears was initially granted physical custody of their two sons. Perception of the couple quickly changed as the singer engaged in bizarre behavior. Federline accused Spears of abusing drugs and alcohol. She lost custody of the boys in 2007 after she was caught driving without a license. With the help of her family, Spears and slowly regained visitation rights with her sons over the past few years. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

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Woody Allen and ...Filmmaker Woody Allen and actress Mia Farrow never legally married, but the couple was together for over a decade. They adopted several children together and had a biological son. When Farrow discovered that Allen was having an affair with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, she immediately broke off her relationship with Allen. Allen filed a lawsuit against Farrow to get custody of their two of their adopted kids (Moses and Dylan) and their biological son (Satchel). During the trial it was brought to light that Allen was under investigation for allegedly sexually molesting their adopted daughter, Dylan. Allen denied these allegations vehemently, but Farrow was awarded sole custody of the kids. Allen went on to marry Soon-Yi Previn. (AP Photo/Frankie Ziths)

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Alec Baldwin and...Basinger and Baldwin split up in 2000 and immediately began fighting over custody of daughter Ireland. A 2004 court decision granted joint custody with a catch. The couple were not allowed to talk about each other, or the case, in public. A recording of Baldwin calling his daughter names was released and his visitation rights were suspended. They have since been restored. (AP Photo/Rene Macura)

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Mel Gibson and O...Actor Mel Gibson and Russian painist Oksana Grigorieva are currently engaged in a bitter custody battle over daughter Lucia. Grigorieva filed a restraining order against Gibson after violent tapes of the actor verbally abusing her were released. The investigation and custody battle are still on-going. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

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Pamela Anderson ...On-again, off-again couple Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson went through a nasty custody battle during one of their off phases. Anderson claimed Lee gave her Hepatits C during their marriage and told the court that he was abusive when under the influence of alcohol. The rocker and the "Baywatch" actress finally reached an agreement in 2002 to share custody of the kids. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)

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Charlie Sheen an...With Charlie Sheen's current public debacle, who can blame Denise Richards for fighting dirty during their 2008 custody battle. While the two seem to have been able to work things out in regards to their daughters, things were really ugly for awhile. Richards accused Sheen of myriad irresponsible behaviors, including drug addiction, gambling, prostitutes and porn. She filed court papers requesting that Sheen not be alone with their daughters. Sheen called out Richards in the tabloids for including the girls in her reality show. The couple reached a private agreement that was never disclosed, but we're willing to bet the girls are with Richards most of the time. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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Bobby Brown and ...Both Brown and Houston have been in and out of rehab for the past decade. But their biggest battle came when trying to determine custody of their daughter Bobbi Kirstina. Houston was eventually awarded legal and physical custody in 2007. (AP Photo/Larry Busaca)

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Halle Berry and ...The latest mudslinging couple to join the custody battle ranks are actress Halle Berry and model Gabriel Aubry. The two split after five years together and initially shared custody of their daughter, Nahla. After Aubry filed papers asking the court to formally recognize his paternity in December of 2010, things started getting ugly between the two. Lately, the couple has been throwing punches at each other in the press. One thing is for sure, this custody battle is long from over. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

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Michael Jackson ...After the late Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe divorced in 2001, Rowe voluntarily gave up legal rights to their children. When Jackson was accused of child molestation in 2003, Rowe began a battle to obtain visitation rights. The couple reached a private settlement in September of 2006. The details were never released. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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Anna Nicole Smit...Anna Nicole Smith and Larry Birkhead were involved in a custody dispute over Dannielynn in February of 2001 when Smith suddenly died of a drug overdose. Both Birkhead and Howard K. Stern, Smith’s lawyer, claimed he was Dannielynn’s biological father. After a long, drawn out and public trial, a paternity test proved that Birkhead is the father of Dannielynn. He was awarded full custody by the court. (AP Photos/Damian Dovarganes, Manuel Balce Ceneta, J. Pat Carter)

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Burt Reynolds an...Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson separated in 1993, but that was only the beginning of the pair's divorce war. They fought each other with words in the tabloids, accusing each other of cheating and abuse. A divorce settlement was finally reached and the couple split custody of their son. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, Chris Carlson)

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Lorraine Bracco ...Actress Lorraine Bracco and actor Harvey Keitel never legally married, but when it came to the custody agreement for their daughter Stella, they certainly relied on the law. The battle for Stella lasted over six years Keitel accused Bracco of having an affair, while Bracco claimed that Keitel was abusive to her. The verdict? Bracco was given full custody while Keitel was given visitation rights. (AP Photo/Dave Allocca, Dan Steinberg)

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